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P,a.hurr and Raturn.
j. w. AMICK,
1143 Main Street.

Commencing Sunday, June 9Th, and
continuing every Sunday until further no.
tiee, the B. & o. will sell excursion tickets
and return at the low rate of 81 so, and to
Washington, Pa, and return at $1.OO.
Trains leave at 5 and 8:10a. M, returning
ct z and i1:l0 p. m.
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SPECIAL EXCURSION

To Pittsburgh by the Panhsndie-Round
Trip Only s1,I5.
Don't forget the grand excursion TO Pitts
burgh, July Is, by the Beethoven, Ger
mania, Maennercbor and Mozart singing
societies. Opera House Orchestra hand
accompanies the excursion.
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Index 20 New Advertisement.
SECONn PACE.

SECOND PAGE.
Wheeling Female College.
Notice TO the Public.
LOst-Certitcate Of DEPOSIT.
Decorated Pudding DiShes-EYing Bros.
LOSt-POny.
Administrator sale Of Stocks.
Beaver College and Musical Institute.
Hsme Liver PillS-R. N. List.
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ABOUT THE CITY.
Baok Prom Charleston.

DR.. Geo. 1. Garrison, member of the
State Board of Health, arrived home from
Charleston last evening. The other MEN,
bers of the Board, with the exception OF
DIR. Barbee, went on to White Sulphur
Springs on little excursion.
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Our ss. 90 Genuine Kangaroo Shoe

For Gentlemen, has been thoroughly test
ed, and wears well, as many can testify to.
We only have few pairs left, and any one
wanting light summer shoe should call
and examine them.
J. W. ANICK,
1l43 Main Street.
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Mbrelin9 Register
YESTERDAY IN the CITY.
Thsremometer Rssord.

Mr. c. Sehnspi, the Opera HOUSE drug
yist, made the following observations d
the temperature Wednesday: Tan a;
q q. m, 50; IL m, SO; p. m., SO; p.
M, 81. Weather, fair.
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For SALE.-Two lots in Standard Addi-
ton, Martins Ferry. Apply to W. Il.
Haller, Wheeling.
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printed copies Of the old ordinance, by
which members could make comparison.
A few were found, and the Clerk went on.
There being no amendment offered on the
second reading, the ordinance was read u
third time by its title and passed.
STREET SIGNS.
Mr.. Caldwell offered resolution in
structing the Board of Public Works to
put up street signs of steel, of pattern
accompanying the resolution, on lamp
posts and buildings at the corners of inter
secting streets. Adopted.
STREET EXTENSION.
A petition was read from Dennis
O'Leary and seventeen other citizens of
North Wheeling, asking that Coal street
be extended from Third street to Jona-
than's ravine, and to raise and improve
the bridge over the rayine. Referred to
the B. p. W.
RESOLUTIONS.
A large number of resolutions were
adopted. Among them one by Mr.. Au-
her, providing for tearing away the para
pet walls on the Main street stone bridge,
and iron ratings substituted; by Mr..
Steger, providing for repairing the wharf,
and the extension Of the present brick
roadway TO the whartboat; and by Mr..
Jaeger, providing for telephone at the
crematory.
Adjourned.
First Branch.
This Branch went to work early, His
Honor, the Mayor, presiding, and disposed
of the only business on the table, concur
renee in the amendment to the Electric
Light ordinance sent over from the Second
Branch at Tuesdays session. A recess was
then taken for about an hour, and then,
the b. =. w. ordinance having come over,
the Branch reconvened, with Mr.. Delbrugge
in the chair, and heard the ordinance read.
On the second reading Mr.. Tracy moved
to strike out "Eoff street, from Eighteenth
to Nineteeth and Nineteenth from Chap
line to Eoff," but withdrew his amend
ment for the present, substituting for it
motion to strike out the words land so
much more as may be necessary stating
that he did not want to see any body robbed.
II was only trick.
MT. lawn Wanteu 10 knON Wnetuel MI
Tracy represented the Second ward alone
or whether he was working for the inter
ests of the whole city.
Mr.. Tracy thought the member from the
South Side had "a good deal of gall'' TO
come up from ward which had two
paved streets and question him.
A number of members thought the ordi-
nance was all right, and hoped it would 90
through.
Mr.. Tracy called for the ayes and noes
on his motion to strike out, and the motion
was lost; ayes 3, noes III.
Mr.. McGregor then moved to lay the
ordinance on the table and order it printed.
The motion was lost; ayes 2, noes 9. The
ordinance was then adopted.
Mr.. Caldwell's resolution relating to
signs was amended by striking out the
word steel" and by giving the b. P. w.
authority to look into the merits OF other
signs as well as the samples submitted.
Some miscellaneous business was trans
acted, and this Branch then adjourned
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Second Branch.

At $50 o'clock Mr.. Miller arose in the
Second Branch and called the members TO
order, moving that Mr.. Cruise take the
chair. Roll call showed but twelve MEM
beers present, and the Sergeant on duty was
sent after absentees. In about ten min
utes q quorum was obtained, and business
was proceeded with.
When the report of the Committee on
City Prison was read Mr.. Harrell called
attention to the absence of a report from
the keeper of the City Prison. 1t had al
ways been customary TO send this report
TO Council and have it there read, and he
wanted to know what was wrong.
Mr.. Allison, from the committee, reply
ing to Mr.. Harrell, said the report had been
made monthly to the committee and ae-
companied said report to Council. IfCoun-
ell desired to hear the paper the clerk could
read it.
The paper was found and showing 10
prisoners June j. and SO received during
ing the month, making So; OF these the
time of 10 had expired, had been releas-
ed by the Mayor and II by the Sergeant,
leaving Is in prison July |.
FINANCIAL.
The following bills were read and or
dered paid:
Police aud Fire Board:
r
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The Committee on Accounts reported
that it had examined the books and &C
counts in the Office of the City Clerk and
City Receiver, and had found the follow
ing balances:
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Dentists.
arp Souds.
9rp SOuds.
DID YOU MENTION
CARPETS

Well A. You knew how wonderfully CHEAP we
are selling carpets you would not BE- patching up
Old ones At our prices you eau afford to have
a new one every season. EiGuTI-FINEPlECES
NEW CARPETS received this week; will sell
a. follows:
Hemp Carpet, lie. and upwards.
Cottage Carpet, Ice. and upwards.
Ingram Glover Carpet, IL, 70, 22, 25.
30 and b cents
Ingram, wool mn. 30, S5, 40 and so
cents
Ingram, Extra super, so. 55 and 80
cents.
Good Rag Carpet at 30 cents.
Splendid Brussels. 40 cents and up
wards.
SMYRNA Rings, 65 cents and upwards.
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STREET SIGNS.

Mr.. Caldwell offered resolution in
structing the Board of Public Works to
put up street signs of steel, Of pattern
accompanying the resolution, on lamp
posts and buildings at the corners of inter
secting streets. Adopted.
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THE BOARD or PUBLIC WORKS.
On motion of Mr.. Harrell the rules
were suspended, and the following was
read
T,ly
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STREET EXTENSION.

A petition was read from Dennis
O'Leary and seventeen other citizens of
North Wheeling, asking that Coal street
be extended from Third street to Jona-
than's ravine, and to raise and improve
the bridge over the rayine. Referred to
the r p w
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printed copies Of the old ordinance, by
which members could make comparison.
A few were found, and the Clerk went on.
There being no amendment offered on the
second reading, the ordinance was read u
third time by its title and passed.
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FINANCIAL.

The following bills were read and or
dered paid:
Police aud Fire Board:
ON account Of pOlice.................slsl o.
on account of fire ................ Ayr 2O-S673 %
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1887-12-17
SOCIALISM IN NORWAY.
To the Workmen's Advocate:

To the Horkmen's Advocate.
As Norwegian find it my duty in
behalf of my native country to state to
your readers that Norway and Sweden
are two different countries
In an article in the last number of the
WoRKMEN's ADVOCATE, taken from the
London Conmonredl, you reckon Mr..
Biornsen and Mr.. Ibsen Swedes. That
is not so. They are both of them Nor
wegians. The former, besides being
famous poet is also a valiant politician
and as such warm patriot.
Now, Norway had been province of
Denmark for nearly 400 years, till it, in
1884. was given to Sweden by the con-
querors of Napoleon; but then the Nor
wegians by sword gained their indelend-
ence and Norway and Sweden were uni.
ted under one king; but each of them
got its own constitution, congress and
government, the king only being the
irresponsible representative of both to
foreign countries.
Now, it has been the heavy work of
the Norwegians to maintain and protect
this independence of theirs against the
aristocratic party of Sweden, that always
has been unwilling to consider us a free
people; they reckon our land mere
province. We have 50 far succeeded in
our fight against the Swedish nobility
and Mr.. Bjornsen has done a good part
of that task.
WE'LL in this young nation OF ours,
whose intellectual representatives during
the latter time have become 50 illustrious
all over the civilized world, as you told
us, Socialism is getting on. In our ma
tional assembly, the Storthing, we have
got only one decided Socialist, the we'll
gifted Mr.. Ullmann. But at Kristiana
the capital, there is a Socialistic Part,
that has its own paper and is working
actively in many other ways.
In other towns of the country the la
Dor assemblies grow still more socialistic,
necessarily compelled to 60 that way to
get bread and political rights. In Den
mark there as several radical Socialists
in the congress. and the Socialistic Party
of Copenhagen in procession there
some time ago presented more than
10000 men.
In Sweden the Socialists have papers
and many assemblies.
The Scandinavian labor parties are
well informed of the labor movement of
America, and can tell you, that there
has been great excitement and indig-
nation among them by reason of the
murder on those brave workmen's advo-
Gates of Chicago. kRoGER JoHANsEN.
Minneapolis, Dec. /.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1887-12-17
THE REFERENDUM.

The submission of the prohibitory
amendment last spring was step in
the right direction. All laws should
be submitted to the people for their
approval. We should then have
fewer laws, but more goodjones.
Some plan could surely be devised
to collect and count the votes cast
for any measure, without the pres
ent cumbersome and costly system.
Suppose a bill were proposed and
vote ordered. Every leading
newspaper could be instructed to
advertise the questions to be voted
on, and that all votes would lie re-
ceiyed up to a certain day by the
county clerk. If one third of the
total number of voters did not take
sufficient interest to vote, it would
be strong evidence that the people
did not want such a law. If a ma
jority of those voting-more than
one-sixth of the total number of vo-
ters-were in favor of it, it should
become law.
The ventilation which proposed
laws would thus receive would edu
cate the voters, while the expense of
corrupting sufficient number of
voters would prevent attempts to
pass unjust laws. Detroit Adrance.
What do the poor wan? They
hardly know yet, but they know
what they don't want. They are ask
ing ugly questions among themselves
yes about what these words rent and
taxes mean, and about what that
strange word freedom means.
Right or wrong, they've got the
thought into their heads, and its
growing there and they will find an
answer for it.-Charles Kingsley.
The Chicago Times says: every
Trades Unionist is on his way
to the gallows. Bravo. Who
are they going to hang when
they get there? If labor or
gan should use such language in its
columns the editors would be ar
rested and imprisoned for conspira-
cy against the Armours. Hannibal
Times.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1887-12-17
'DEMOCRACY'S" FIX.

The democrats" are in q bad pre-
dicamcnt, yet they know it not.
They will learn something very soon.
Thirty years ago the democrats
went out of power-kicked out by a
long-suifering and outraged people.
At the time they retired, the manu-
featuring industries of this country
were completely paralyzed by their
idotic "monkeyings' with the tariff.
Business was at a standstill and the
people awoke and turned out the
cause of their misfortunes.
For twenty-four years the "demo-
Gratis" stayed out. Three years ago,
the people, tired of republican"
stealings, determined to give the
democrats another chance, and
elected to the presidency the man
who takes his collar off over his head
without unbuttoning it, G. Cleve-
land. When the constituents of the
"democratic' party elected this man,
and pat majority of democrats"
in the House of Representatives,
they expected to see something done.
In other words they expected to see
some of the time-worn democratic
principles introduced into the Con-
stitution. They wanted free trade.
Now, the only plank in the ''dem-
ocratic' platform which distinguishes
it from the platform of the "repub-
licans" is the Gree trade" plank, and
the moss-covered, weather. beaten
following of the democracy" de-
manded that this be carried out.
But the longer heads among them,
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1887-12-17
A SUGGESTION.

One hundred million surplus dol
lars are lying in the United States
Treasury, tied up, and removed from
circulation, to the detrimcnt of the
business interests, and the working
people of the country. 1t is the
duty of the Congress which meets
this week, to devise means for placing
that money in circulation. The
"democratic' party is shaken at its
foundations to provide means.
Yet nothing is more simple.
What better way to distribute it
than to ply it back to the people
who produced 1.-THE wage workers.
Let it be appropriated 70 carry out
such necessary public works as would
employ large bodies of unskilled la
borers without the intervention Of
the contractor who takes forty per
cent. of the total expenditure as his
share. BY this method it would re-
turn directly to the hands of those
who need it. BY any other method
the "boodlers' will get it.
The one hundred million dollars
thus distributed would furnish
three hundred thousand men EN-
ployment for six months at two
dollars per day, or six hundred
thousand men employment for three
months at two dollars per day. A
resolution pressing this action upol
the present Congress should be intro
duced in all labor organizations
without delay.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1887-12-17

remembering their old iree-traAe
record, hcsitated to again kick them
selves lout of Office, and the result
has been three years of mastery in
activity on the part of the "demo-
cratic" representatives.
In one shors year another presi-
dental election comes around, and
the hungry office holders are anxious
for an extension of their time. They
are making every endeavor to break
down the political labor movement,
and using all means to conclliate the
various factions Of their party. At
this critical moment the moss covered
but honest element of the party
comes forward and demands that
free-trade laws be enacted, and that
some disposition be made of the
one hundred million surplus dollars
in the treasury, during the next ses-
sion of Congress.
This is the unkindest cut of all
to be compelled to do as they agreed,
on the eve of another election. For
the condition Of the country is such
that the only thing which can be
done to improve matters Is to adopt
the socialistic principles. This, of
course, they will not consider. But
they must do something; and what
ever they undertake will prove mis-
take, and be credited to them. Is it
not sad predicament? And is it
not unfortunate flor the "demo-
crats') that it should arise under
| their administration?
Socialists will do well to follow
carefully the proceedings of the
coming Congress, and watch for fun
in 'SS. HERBERT EATON.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1887-12-17
INSULTING A KING.

The London C0mmOnWe0l reports
that few days ago our comlade
Cohen was on trial at the Hague, on
a very "serious' charge indeed.
On the 10th of September last, the
king of Holland, William III. land
We hope the LAST came back from
Amsterdam to his well beloved
Hague, and defendant cried out:
"Hurrah for Nieuwenhius. Hurrah
for Socialism. Down with the Goril-
La Now, the charge against him
is one of insulting the king by Civ
ing him names. The public prose-
cutor made a most dreadful state
ment, saying that gor LA must abso-
lutely mean his majesty the king,
because of the fact that really his
glorious master has Enthusiastically,
although unfortunately, the face of
an ape
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1887-12-17
ANARCHY OF TWO KINDS.

The first trial of John Most for
alleged incendiary uttcrances on the
evening of November 18th has just
been completed 10y the verdict
equity" and a more arrant farce
cannot be imagined. The defeated
candidate for District Attorney, De
Lancy Nicoll, conducted the prose
cution. He is the gentleman who
stated before election that if elected
his policy would be equal admins
tration of justice to rich and poor.
His course in this trial utterly bellies
his words. He introduced all kinds
of irrelevant evidence, and resorted
to every underhand method to pre-
JUDGE the jury; Notwithstanding the
continued warnings of the Judge, and
the exceptions taken by the defend
ants counsel. 1t was the aim Of the
prosecution to secure a conviction by
any means, and success crowned its
endeavors. AS a matter of fact,
Most was tried for his past life; for
incendiary utterancos in Austria and
England, and for his work on reyo-
lutionary warfare. The oifense for
which he was indicted was lost sight
of entirely in the interesting EXPOSE
ton of his career in the past.
On the same day that Most was
being convicted on evidence which
was in no way related to his case, the
Court of Appeals at Albany was an
nulling the conviction of Jacob
Sharpe-briber Of aldermen and boss
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1887-12-17
New HAVEN, DECEMBER 10, 1887.
STATISTICS.

Like everything else in type, a dry
subject until understood, are Stats
tics. We have seen mountains, al
most, Of figures and government sta
tistics, but he little agglomeratlon
of figures sent out by the Connect-
cut Commissioner Of Labor Statistics
during the past week tell story at
once startling and pitiful. Forty
six Connecticut families have con-
fided to the States Statistician the
details of their struggle for existence
for one month. On an average they
have expended more for subsistence
than their average income from the
wages of honest labor.
Did their labor not produce suil-
.cient to nourish them?
But their story tells the story Of
thousands Sf others; and whell 1t IS
considered that in all probability
these families were not Of the poor
est among Connectcut's proletarians,
one must come to the conclusion
that the condition of many work
mems families is such as should sug-
gest to the employing class the pro-
priety of profound feeling of shame
as a prelude to reform.
So far our Statistician has proved
himself a practical officer; and if his
future work is as thorough and con
scientientious rs that which is in.
dicated in his first report, the work
ing people will at least know how
they are robbed of their earnings
and the employing class cannot plea(
ignorance and wonder at the discon
tent of the masses.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1887-12-17
WHAT OTHERS SAY.
DESPERATE

DESPERATE.
The capltalistic class are working
the sensation racket for all there is
in it. They see no argument for
their cause, so they must brighten
the country into sustaining them.
They have gotten up another bogus
blood-curdling anarchistic letter,
and had it sent all over to keep the
fever up, so they can be able to
continue their policy of coercion.
While the fate of the late con-
demned was hanging in the balance,
every few days would bring forth
some new scare with which the press
could make a sensation, and prevent
any reaction in public sentiment.
The police were afraid they would
not get their revenge satiated. So
whenever things cooled down, a new
bomb, or threatening letter, or
something of that kind came i'll
always just in the nick of time, as
regular as clock work.
At the very climax of the case the
bombs were found (0 in Lingg's
cell. Then to cap all-the weapon
was furnished him for self-destruc-
tion-it being well known that
Lingg preferred suicide to hanging.
And now it is over, the detectives
fearing that if quiet reigns they
may loose their job-have COM
meneed the senseless bloody circular
scare again. 1t is too thin to hold
| water. -Proridenee People.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1887-12-17
LIBERTY.
What is all this from "Fenwic

What is all this from "Fenwick"
anent elderly?
Does "Fenwick" want us to under
stand that the Postoffice is the great
modern despot and oppressor? A
somewhat huge draft on the imagin-
alton this; but perchance after all
when one comes to PHILOSOPHERS after
the manner Of Proudhon, Herbert
Spencer, and Benjamin Tucker,
the Postoflice ought to sell out to
Jay Gould, and thus give individual
energy fair field and free course, in
which case "Fenwick" would be at
elderly" to pay said Gould his de-
mands Or carry his mail himself.
Truly sublime ideal of Liberty
from the Gould standpoint.
But the Postoffice is neither here
nor there. What "Fenwick" is
really afraid of is a estate Socialistic
Governmental Cooperative Ma
chine" in which each shall be for all
and all for each. With such mon
strous Frankenstein as this at our
heels, what would become of ''liber-
ty"? How develop your bcnefactors
of mankind: your Vanderbilts and
Armours under such a nightmare ?
Why, the big fish would no longer
be Gree to eat up the little fish and
brutal egoism, alias Greedyness, alias
Individual Liberty, as per the gospel
according to Jay Gould, would be
killed outright-a consummation too
awful to contemplate.
But seriously, "Fenwick, TRY and
look at this matter in the broad COM
prehensiveness of the first great
American anarchist, r. W. Emerson.
We State Socialists have no liking
any more than you have for "Gov
ernmental Machines" per Sc, and
probably we love Liberty" quite as
much as the great editor of Liberty
himself.
1t may be amusing to play shuttle
cock with these terms and fling them
at each others heads, but there is
mighty little profit in it, let us rath-
er look a little into them and see If
we cannot catch a glimpse of the es-
sence behind them. The interpret
alton of the word elderly" seems to
be so newhat vague and multlform
nowadays, when we are hanging the
apostles of Liberty in the name Of
Liberty and clubbing meetings OF
peaceable working folk under the
very shadow of the Statue of Liberty.
When a poor, perplexed son OF
Adam sees such things happening in
the most enlightened nation upon
tee planet, he hardly knows whether
he is standing upon his head or his
heels and, like Plate, he naturally